BOLT v. LIGON

Messrs. Luther K. Brice and Lyles, Daniel Drummond, for appellant, cite: Where general and specific provisions of a contract deal with the same subject matter, the specific provisions are to control: 114 Pac., 429; 115 N.W., 383; 145 Pac., 492; 13 C.J., 537; 97 Am. Dec., 179; 127 N.W., 1109. Construction of ambiguous contracts: 13 C.J., 525; 106 S.E., 390; 115 S.E., 712; 151 N.Y.S., 1045; 153 N YS., 985; 102 N.E., 481; 177 Ill., 500; 51 Sou., 853. Not in province of a Court to change the terms of a contract: 13 C.J., 541; 84 Pac., 535. Messrs. Wilton H. Earle and Bomar Osborne, for respondent, cite: Interpretation of contracts: 100 S.C. 9; 89 S.C. 80, 81; 2 Page on Contracts, Sec. 1113; 13 C.J., 545; 53 Sou., 542. Doctrine of "ejusdem generis" not applicable here: 83 S.C. 566; 102 S.C. 498; 106 Pac., 950; 2 Page on Contracts, Sec. 1121.